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Protocol to the Treaty of Peace 
with Germany 

MESSAGE FROM THE 

PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES 

TRANSMITTING 

A LETTER OF THE SECRETARY OF STATE 

SUBMITTING A CERTIFIED COPY OF THE PROTOCOL TO THE 

TREATY OF PEACE WITH GERMANY, SIGNED AT 

VERSAILLES ON JUNE 28. 1919 



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MESSAGE OF TUAJ^SMITTAL 



To the Senate: 

I have the honor to transmit to the Senate herewith, accompanied 
hy a letter from the Secretary of State, a brief protocol to the Ti-eaty 
of Peace with Germany. The certified copy which I transmit has 
just been received by tKe Department of State, and I am transmitting 
it without delay. 

The protocol originated in a written interchange of views between 
the representatives of the Allied and Associated Powers and the 
representatives of Germany, as a result of which the representatives 
of Germany recjuested that certain explanations of methods and 
facilities which it was proposed should be accorded the German 
Government in the execution of the Treaty should be reduced to 
writing and signed by the powers signatory to the treaty, so as to 
form a definite and binding memorandum. 

WooDROw Wilson. 

The White House, 31 July, 191.9. 

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LETTER OF SUBMITTAL. 



Department of State, 

WasMngfon, July 31, 1919. 
The President: 

I have the honoi- to deliver to you a certified copy of the protocol, 
executed at Veisailles on the 2Sth <lay of June, 1919, by the High 
Contracting Parties to the Treaty of Peace signed on tliat day by 
plenipotentiaries of the xUlied and Associated Powers and Germany, 
and intended to indicate precisely the conditions in which certain 
provisions of that lYeaty are to be carried out. 

The certified copy has just been received by the Department of 
State and I am forwarding it to you without delay. 
Respectfully, 

Robert Lansing. 
The President, 

Tlif White House. 

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rROTOOOLE. 



En vue de preciser los conditions dans lesquelles devront etre 
ex('cnte((s cortainos clauses du Traite signe a la date de ce jour, il 
est entendu entro los Hautes Parties Contractantes que: 

1 ° Unc Commission sera nommee par les Principales Puissances 
alliees et associees pour surveiller la demolition des fortifications 
d'llcligoland en conformite du Ti'aite. Cette Commission aura 
qualite pour decider quelle partie des ouvrages protegeant la cote 
contro los erosions do la mer doit 6tre conservee et quelle partie doit 
etre demolie; 

2° Los sommes quo I'Allemagne aurait a rombourser a ses res- 
sortissants pour les indemniser dos parts d'interet qu'ils so trou- 
veraient avoir dans les chemins do for et las mines vises a I'alinea 
2 de I'articlc 156, soront portees au credit de I'Allemagne a valoir 
sur les sommes dues au titro dos reparations; 

3° La liste des personnes quo, conformement a Particle 228, 
alinea 2, 1'All^emagno devi-a livror aux Puissances alliees et associees, 
sera adressee au Gouvernoment allemand dans le mois qui suivra 
la mise en vigueur du Traite ; 

4° La Commission des reparations prevue a Particle 240 et aux 
paragraphes 2, 3 et 4 do I'Annoxe IV ne pourra exiger la divulgation 
de secrets do fabrication ou d'autres renseignoments confidentiels ; 

5° Des la' signature du Traite et dans les quatre mois qui suivront, 
r^Ulemagne aura la possibilite de presenter a I'examen des Puis- 
sances alliees et associees des documents et des propositions a TofTet 
do hater le travail relatif aux reparations, d'abreger ainsi I'enqugte 
et d'acceleror les decisions; 

6° Des poursuites soront exorcees contre les personnes qui aura- 
ient commis des actes delictuoux en ce qui concerne la liquidation 
des biens allemands, et los Puissances alliees et associees recevront 
les renseignoments ot prouvos que le Gouvernoment allemand pourra 
fournir a ce sujot. 

Fait a Vorsaillos, le vingt-huit juin mil nouf cent dix-neuf. 
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PEOTOCOL. 



With a view to indicating precisely the conditions in which certain 
provisions of the Treaty of even date are to be carried out, it is 
agreed by the High Contracting Parties that: 

(1) A Commission will be appointed ' by the Principal xVllied and 
Associated Powers to supervise the destruction of the fortifications 
of Heligoland in accordance with the Treaty. This Commission will 
be authorized to decide what portion of the works protecting the 
coast from sea erosion are to be mamtained and what portion must 
be destroyed; 

(2) Sums reimbursed by Germany to German nationals to in- 
demnify them in respect of the interests which they may be found to 
possess in the railways and mines referred to in the second paragraph 
of Article 156 shall be credited to Gemiany against the sums due by 
way of reparation ; 

(3) The list of persons to be handed over to the Allied and Asso- 
ciated Governments by Germany under the second paragraph of 
Article 228 shall be communicated to the German Government within 
a month from the coming into force of the Treaty; 

(4) The Reparation Commission referred to in Article 240 and para- 
graphs 2, 3, and 4 of Annex IV cannot require trade secrets or other 
confidential information to be divulged; 

(5) From the signature of the Treaty and withm the ensuing four 
months Gennany will be entitled to submit for examination by the 
Allied and Associated Powers documents and proposals in order to 
expedite the work connected with reparation, and thus to shorten 
the investigation and to accelerate the decisions; 

(6) Proceedings will be taken against persons who have committed 
punishable offences in the liquidation of German property, and the 
Allied and Associated Powers will welcome any information or 
evidence which the German Government can furnish on this subject. 

Done at Versailles, the twenty-eighth day of Jmie, one thousand 
nine hundred and nineteen. 

WooDROw Wilson. W. M. Hughes. 

Robert Lansing. Joseph Cook. 

Henry White. Louis Botha. 

E. M. House. J. G. Smuts. 

Tasker H. Bliss. W. F. ALvssey. 

D. Lloii) George. Ed. S. Montagu. 

A. BoNAR Law. Ganga Singh, Maharaja de 

Milner. Bikl^ner. 

Arthur James Balfour. G. Clemenceau. 

George N. Barnes. S. Pichon. 

Chas. J. DoHERTY. L. L. Klotz. 

Arthur L. Sieton. Andre Tardieu. 



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PROTOCOL TO TREATY OF PEACE WITH GERMA2^Y. 



JXJLES CaMBO.V. 

Sidney Sonxino. 
Imperiali. 
Silvio Crespi. 
Saionzi. 
N. Making. 

S. ClIINDA. 

K. iLvTsui. 

H. I.JUIN. 

Hymans. 

J. Van Den IIeuvel. 
Emtle Vandervelue. 
ismael montes. 
Calogeras. 
rodrigo octavio. 
Antonio S. de Bustamente. 
E. Dorn y de Alsua. 
Eleftuerios Veniselos. 
Nicolas Politis. 
Joaquin Mendez. 
Tertullien Guilbaud. 
M. RusTEM Haidae. 



Abdul Hadi Aouni. 
p. bonilla. 
C. D. B. King.. 
Salvador Chamorko. 
Antonio Burgos. 
C. G. Candamo. 
I. J. Paderewski. 
Roman Dmowski. 
Affonso Costa, 
augusto soares. 
Ion. I. C. Bratiano. 
General 0. Coanda. 
Nik. p. Pachitch. 
Dr. Ante Trumbic. 
Mil. R. Vesnitch. 
Charoon. 

Traidos Prabandhu. 
Karel Kramar. 
Dr. Edward Benes. 
J. A. Buero. 
Hermann Muller. 
Dr. Bell. 



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